From: Blankenship, Susan [Susan.Blankenship@eku.edu]
Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 2:16 PM
To: 'fdadockets@oc.fda.gov'
Subject: Docket 00N-1396 & Docket 00D-1598

To the Food and Drug Administration:
GENETICALLY ENGINEERED PRODUCTS 
MUST BE LABELED AND TESTED FOR SAFETY!

* The FDA must require mandatory pre-market comprehensive 
environmental review. Unlike conventional pollutants, 
where a given amount of pollutant causes a limited amount 
of damage, a small number of mutant genes could have a 
population explosion and reproduce forever, causing 
unlimited and irreparable damage. 

* The FDA must require mandatory pre-market long-term health 
testing. GE products could be toxic, cause allergic 
responses, have lower nutritional value, and compromise 
immune responses in consumers. 

* The FDA must require mandatory labeling of GE products. 
Without mandatory labeling, neither consumers nor health 
professionals will know if an allergic or toxic reaction 
was the result of a genetically engineered food. Consumers 
would be deprived of the critical knowledge needed to hold 
food producers liable should any of these novel products 
be hazardous. 

Sincerely, Susan Blankenship